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....years When the neglect or misconduct becomes known to the plaintiff. 5. For an account and a share of the profits of a dissolved partnership. Three years The date of the dissolution. PART II - SUITS RELATING TO CONTRACTS 6. For a seaman's wages. Three years The end of the voyage during which the wages are earned. 7. For wages in the case of any other person Three years When the wages accrue due. 8. For the price of food or drink sold by the keeper of a hotel, tavern or lodging house. Three years When the food or drink is delivered. 9. For the price of lodging. Three years When the price be­comes payable. 10. Against a carrier for compensa­tion for losing or injuring goods Three years When the loss or in­jury occurs. 11 Against a carrier for compensa­tion for non-delivery of, or delay in delivering, goods. Three years When the goods ought to be delivered. 12 For the hire of animals, vehi­cles, boats or household furni­ture. Three years When the hire be­comes payable. 13 For the balance of money ad­vanced in payment of goods to be deliv....
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....o do anything at a specified time, or upon the happening of a specified con­tingency. Three years When the time. speci­fied arrives or the contingency happens. 28. On a single bond, where a day is specified for payment. Three years The day so specified. 29. On a single bond, where no such day is specified. Three years The date of executing the bond. 30. On a bond subject to a condition Three years When the condition is broken. 31. On a bill of exchange or promis­sory note payable at a fixed time after date. Three years When the bill or note falls due. 32. On a bill of exchange payable at sight, or after sight, but not at a fixed time. Three years When the bill is present­ed. 33. On a bill of exchange accepted payable at a particular place. Three years When the bill is present­ed at that place. 34. On a bill of exchange or promis­sory note payable at a fixed time after sight or after demand Three years When the fixed time expires. 35. On a bill of exchange or promis­sory note payable on demand and not accompanied by any writing restraining or postpon­ing th....
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.... refund by a person to whom an execu­tor or administrator has paid a legacy or distributed assets. Three years The date of the payment or distribution. 47. For money paid upon an existing consideration which afterwards fails. Three years The date of the failure. 48. For contribution by a party who has paid the whole or more than his share of the amount due under a joint decree, or by a sharer in a joint estate who has paid the whole or more than his share of the amount of revenue due from himself and his co-sharers. Three years The date of the pay­ment in excess of the plaintiff's own share. 49. By a co-trustee to enforce against the estate of a deceased trustee a claim for contribution. Three years When the right to con­tribution accrues. 50. By the manager of a joint estate of an undivided family for con­tribution, in respect of a pay­ment made by him on account of the estate. Three years The date of the payment. 51. For the profits of immovable property belonging to the plain­tiff which have been wrongfully received by the defendant. Three years When the profits are re­ceived. 52. ....
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....ble property mortgaged; Thirty years When the right to re­deem or to recover possession accrues. (b) to recover possession of immovable property mort­gaged and afterwards transferred by the mort­gagee for a valuable consideration ; Twelve years When the transfer becomes known to the plaintiff, (c) to recover surplus collec­tions received by the mort­gagee after the mortgagee has been satisfied. Three years When the mortgagor re-enters on the mort­gaged property. 62. To enforce payment of money secured by a mortgagee or otherwise charged upon immov­able property. Twelve years When the money sued for becomes due. 63. By a mortgagee- (a) for foreclosure, Thirty years When the money secured by the mort­gagee becomes due. (b) for possession of immov­able property mortgaged. Twelve years When the mortgagee becomes entitled to possession. 64. For possession of immovable property based on previous possession and not on title, when the plaintiff while in possession of the property has been dispos­sessed. Twelve years The ....
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....nact­ment in force for the time being in the territories to which this Act extends. One year When the act or omis­sion takes place. 73. For compensation for false imprisonment. One year When the imprison­ment ends. 74. For compensation for a malicious prosecution One year When the plaintiff is acquitted or the prose­cution is otherwise ter­minated. 75. For compensation for libel One year When the libel is pub­lished. 76. For compensation for slander One year When the words are spoken or, if the words are not actionable in themselves, when the special damage com­plained of results. 77. For compensation for loss of service occasioned by the seduction of the plaintiff's servant or daughter. One year When the loss occurs. 78. For compensation for inducing a person to break a contract with the plaintiff. One year The date of the breach. 79. For compensation for an illegal, irregular or excessive distress. One year The date of the distress. 80. For compensation for wrongful seizure of movable property under legal process. One year The date of the seizure. 8....
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.... bequeathed in trust and after­wards transferred by the trustee for a valuable consideration. Three years When the transfer be­comes known to the plaintiff. 94. To set aside a transfer of immov­able property comprised in a Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist reli­gious or charitable endowment, made by a manager thereof for a valuable consideration. Twelve years When the transfer be­comes known to the plaintiff. 95. To set aside a transfer of mov­able property comprised in a Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist reli­gious or charitable endowment, made by a manager thereof for a valuable consideration. Three years When the transfer be­comes known to the plaintiff. 96. By the manager of a Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist religious or charitable endowment to re­cover possession of movable or immovable property comprised in the endowment which has been transferred by a previous manager for a valuable consid­eration. Twelve years The date of death, resig­nation or removal of the transferor or the date of appointment of the plaintiff as manager of the endowment, which­ever is later. PART IX - SUITS RELATING TO MISCELLA....
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.... legally charged with the duty of distributing the estate. Twelve years When the legacy or share becomes payable or deliverable. 107. For possession of a hereditary office. Twelve years When the defendant takes possession of the office adversely to the plantiff. Explanation: A hereditary office is possessed when the properties thereof are usually received, or (if there are no properties) when the duties thereof are usually performed. 108. Suit during the life of a Hindu or Muslim female by a Hindu or Muslim who, if the female died at the date of instituting the suit, would be entitled to the possession of land, to have an alienation of such land made by the female declared to be void except for her life or until her re-marriage. Twelve years The date of the alien­ation. 109. By a Hindu governed by Mitakshara law to set aside his father's alienation of ancestral property. Twelve years When the alienee takes possession of the prop­erty. 110. By a person excluded from a joint family property to enforce a right to share therein. Twelve years When the exclusion be­comes known to the plaint....
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.... - APPLICATIONS Description of application Period of limitation Time from which period begins to run PART I - APPLICATIONS IN SPECIFIED CASES 118. For leave to appear and defend Ten days a suit under summary proce­dure. Ten days When the summons is served. 119. Under the Arbitration Act, 1940 (10 of l940)- (a) for the filing in court of an award; Thirty days The date of service of the notice of the mak­ing of the award. (b) for setting aside an award or getting an award remit­ted for reconsideration. Thirty days The date of service of the notice of the filing of the award. 120. Under the Code of Civil Proce­dure, 1908 (5 of 1908), to have the legal representative of a deceased plaintiff or appellant or of a deceased defendant or respon­dent, made a party. Ninety days The date of death of the plaintiff, appellant, defendant or respon­dent as the case may be. 121. Under the same Code for an order to set aside an abatement. Sixty days The date of abatement. 122. To restore a suit or appeal or application for review or revi­sion dis....